* Peter T. Abplanalp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 23:13]: > > * krjw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-29 20:56]: > > > As for version numbers, there's nothing wrong with them > > > unless they are advertised to potentially malicious users. > > > Assuming a given version of a given MUA has a known security > > > hole, sending a mail via that MUA with a header containing > > > version info is just begging for trouble. Call it paranoia. > > i fail to see how knowing the version of mutt you are running > will give any attacker enough information to hack your box. > do you also hear black helicopters in the night? ;-) > of course not, they are silent aren't they.
come on, they are not black - they are *invisible*! > On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:01:13AM +0200, Sven Guckes wrote: > > The only secure computer is one that is turned off, locked in > > a safe and buried 20 feet down in a secret location, and I'm > > not completely confident of that either. --Bruce Schneier > > also funny. do you just have a bunch of these sigs saved up > and add them to relevant emails manually or do you > have some pattern recognition stuff in your mutt? :-) i leave it all to my AI.pl script which searches the web for appropriate quotes. it is called by my answer.pl which is replying to you now. Sven.pl -- [AI] Artificial Intelligence: Making computers behave like they do in the movies.
